Howdy Cowgirls and Cowboys! So, I was browsing my usual aisles in one of my favorite little book shops, 
when this binding caught my eye. 
It was dreamy brown, a bit of gold leaf with a cowboy on the cover.
Now country music, cowboys and the wild wild west have never been of much interest, 
unless you consider a favorite read of mine, The Pioneer Woman. Which by the way is the greatest blog this side of The Land of Blog.
Well, so there I was and I thought I will just bring this sweetheart of a book home, 
because I know there must be cowboy fans out there somewhere. 
The book isn’t too old, in my years that is, and it is a Time Life book The Old West. 
Soooo cool, I found this video, which has many of the photographs from this book with Willy Nelson singing along to My heros have always been Cowboys.
Well, Can you believe this? (whenever I say that line, I can hear Meg Ryan's voice saying those same words from Sleepless in Seattle. Remember when she was driving in the car to see her new future in-laws. And Jonah was on the radio?)
I listed this honey of a book on etsy, because I just couldn't leave it there. I just know that some cowgirl or cowboy would love this book.
This is a lovely Time-Life Books with text by William H. Forbis, which was the fifth edition printed in 1978.
Now I'm not much of a cowgirl, but this book is a beauty. I just had to take it home and make it available for that special someone.
I just have to tell you writing this post was as much fun as finding this honey of a treasure. A lovely coffee table book measuring 8 1/2 by 11 inches and 240 pages. Git along little doggie, the song for this post is Cowboy Take Me Away.
i love books! and pioneer woman's blog is amazing! i'm a huge fan of ree's. have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by :)
This book would be beautiful to own for the cover alone!
Oh, I'm sure some cowgirl/farmgirl will love to own this..very nice, indeed!
Hope you are having a nice weekend and staying warm...it's snowing here again..
Have a lovely day,
Stephanie
Lovely book Karen, the rich brown of the cover is fabulous.
You have purchased a beautiful book.
Hugs
Carolyn
Dearest Karen,
I somehow missed your beautiful Pink Saturday post!!! I had been very busy with my thesis defense, report cards and now one final lit. review paper that I am working on ALL DAY yesterday and today....you post is magical with cowboys! I LOVE WESTERN MOVIES! Mostly because of the horses, but nonetheless, I love them! I grew up in S. California and one of my favorite places long ago was Knott's Berry Farm which in the mid-70s was ruined by becoming a major amusement park. However, in the 60s, it was a ghost town type of indoor/outdoor museum of some of the finest cowboy artifacts. Pleasant memories. Have a great weekend! Anita
I agree with Kathleen, the cover is amazing!
Have a lovely Sunday!
I love the old cow boy photos, as a child we always played cowboy and talked about the Wild West!
My parents have the whole set of these beautiful books! My kids love to look at them now..
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